Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Yasutaka Ohshima

Takayuki Higuchi

Isamu Hirano

A process for producing the alumina fiber aggregate which, when examined by the electron microscope method, gives a frequency distribution regarding number of fibers, wherein the number of fibers having a fiber length of 50-200 &#x3bc;m is 70% or more (including 100%), the number of fibers having a fiber length smaller than 50 &#x3bc;m is 30% or less (including 0), the number of fibers of 50-100 &#x3bc;m is 30-50%, the number of fibers longer than 100 &#x3bc;m but not longer than 200 &#x3bc;m is 30-50%, and the number of fibers longer than 200 &#x3bc;m is 20% or less (including 0). The process including the steps of grinding cottony alumina-based fibers comprising 70-100% by mass of AlOand 0-30% by mass of SiOwhile applying a pressure of 0.1-20 MPa thereto and then classifying the ground fibers.

Alumina fiber aggregate, process for producing the same, and use thereof

An object of the invention is to provide an alumina fiber aggregate which, when used as a filler in various materials such as, e.g., resins, coating materials, metals, and ceramics, enables the mixtures to have reduced viscosity and thereby heightens the productivity of products containing alumina fibers, and which enables cured thermosetting resins to have a sufficiently heightened thermal conductivity. This alumina fiber aggregate, when examined by the electron microscope method, gives a frequency distribution regarding number of fibers, wherein the number of fibers having a fiber length of 50-200 &#x3bc;m is 70% or more (including 100%), the number of fibers having a fiber length smaller than 50 &#x3bc;m is 30% or less (including 0), the number of fibers of 50-100 &#x3bc;m is 30-50%, the number of fibers longer than 100 &#x3bc;m but not longer than 200 &#x3bc;m is 30-50%, and the number of fibers longer than 200 &#x3bc;m is 20% or less (including 0). The fibrous mass comprises 70-100% by mass of AlOand 0-30% by mass of SiO.

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Yasutaka Ohshima